I don't know what is more baffling, that you guys actually took the time to figure this out, or that you and the parent both got moderated insightful instead of funny.
Based on your posts, and since I am too lazy to google it, would you possibly be able to post on here the one about hell freezing over?
"So, at what point will it become more profitable to run How to Run a 419 Scam seminars than it will be to actually run a 419 scam? "
You know, I laughed, and then realized that those commercials I'd seen for the "Internet Treasure Chest" and other crap like that is the exact same thing. They're not spamming people, they're making commercials that sell kits that teach you how to spam people. And if they can afford a tv spot (even at the slot they usually have) it has to be doing them some good.
"In those pictures are like a dozen jokes waiting to be posted on slashdot...."
Well, hopefully it will lead someone to post some good ones of Natalie Portman covered in hot grits. That's one picture that would be modded +5 informative so fast Slashdot would Slashdot itself.
Perhaps they should try releasing Lineage for it, or they could save development costs by just making it legal for people to mod their Xbox so they can run it themselves.
You know, while everybody here has been discouraged over the downfall of our online freedoms (and i'm right with ya on it), I feel grateful. The internet spreads information at such speed that it speeds everything up. Including the evolution of societies. The internet is a society. It is a culture.
We have been fortunate enough to be able to live through the "Pilgrim" days of the net, as well as the "Wild West" which we are just starting to come out of. We've experienced many exciting things, and it doesn't look to be slowing down any time soon.
In 5 or 10 years from now, we may all be under the draconian rule of M$, the RIAA, the MPAA, or whatever organizations might strip our net freedoms, but they can never take away our memories of what it was like in the golden days.
I hope it doesn't come to that, but if it does, I will be sure to tell my future children and grand children of the glorious days of yore when you had to be a real computer geek to even access a BBS, or when almost any song or movie or software program could be found online for free if you knew where to look.
Take a step back and absorb all you can about the great things we take for granted on the net right now, for you may log on one day to find out they've disappeared over night, like a broken link.
Check out this screenshot. The title is "Bad Timing". On the contrary, I think this guy has the best timing in the world. Nothing says "forgive me!" like your wife and the girl she's cheating on you with having an apology threesome with you.
". I think they're just trying to keep everybody's hopes from getting too high. Well, my hopes are high anyway. And whatever happens, watching this story unfold will be much more fun than watching some stupid parade with giant inflatable balloon cartoons.
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I think they're just trying to generate hype. You see, your hopes are high for the struggling probe (a cliched storytelling device), and in the last sentence of your post, you prove that their approach achieved its desired results.
"and then at the very end they had, "three rules safe"
I'm sure I'm not the only one on here who had to explain to the people I was seeing RoTK with what the "three rules safe" thing meant. I always love little geek things like that, makes me feel like I'm special cuz only a handful of people in the theater would get it. Same thing with the butterfly movie trailer thing. I forget the name, but I caught the reference to the old "if a butterfly flaps its wings on one side of the world...."
"So if race isn't specified, the casting should default to white?"
While I admit I am not familiar with the story of I Robot, and that i have not RTFA, from what I've read, the story is about a domestic assistant. Now, while I am all for equality, do you really think it would be the best thing in the world to show this "domestic assistant" as being black, what with America's history of slavery and all?
"People are weighing in with mostly bad news about how well these new drivers work. Some people are finding that Neverwinter Nights doesn't work and they're reverting to the old drivers (4496). "
Ah, this is a common problem. Renaming the NWN executable to 3Dmark.exe should fix things right up.
I am not going to argue your first two points, but I will have to disagree with your comment about BF1942. Yes there are some technical problems. And that is why patches are released. But it is not because of all the marketing that it is staying alive. Hell, I haven't seen a single tv commercial for it, compared with all the other video games out there.
Face it, BF1942 is a good game. There is an EXTENSIVE modding community out there which have done some really polished (DC?) and really creative (Pirates?) mods for it. It is an incredibly popular game despite this lack of tv spots. Hell, they haven't even had that many print ads, and I'm in advertising so I know what I'm talking about.
"Movie trailers are advertisements. If you like getting ads for free, just post your raw e-mail address on this site and a few others, and you will soon get plenty of them."
Thank you for the ever so insightful post. Could you please explain (and quote) where I said that movie trailers WEREN'T advertisements? In fact, in my parent post I said that I never doubted what they were. I was merely glad they are doing it free of charge as opposed to some other studios which have thrown them on a special edition DVD and charged you for the pleasure of viewing them.
"If you believe SCO's share value will plummet in the medium term you should sell it "short" (i.e. buy a derivative of the share so you make money if it falls). "
This is only assuming there are enough shares out there to short sell. When this topic came up last time, I recall someone posting how their broker told them there were no outstanding shares available to short sell.
The reason we will most assuredly see a rise in subscriptions is because companies are learning that when everybody pays subscriptions, the vast majority of the time (broadband aside) people pay the same high fee, and only a small few truly use what they pay for.
"they're in CYA mode trying to 'reload' any interest in their franchise while they try to cobble together the Revolutions dvd.
the interest in their films fell way off, and so they're trying to generate some positive press and keep the core fanbase interested.
This is anything but selfless. They still have a dvd to sell that, judging by the attendance, not so many people care to buy at the moment."
This is a very valid point, but realize that this kind of stuff would normally end up as Extras on the upcoming DVD. I never doubted that this is advertising and a blatant attempt to build up some hype, but I credit them with the fact that they are giving it away for free as opposed to having the balls to try to charge for it like everybody else has been doing.
Whoever hit them with the clue-bat, THANK YOU! Even though they're not making money (directly) off the release of these high quality trailers, it is at least a generous offer to fans/collectors. I can't count how many companies have stuff like this sitting around and decide "oh hey, if we put it on a a Super Extended Platinum Edition dvd, they'll buy the whole thing over again!"
Thank you for actually doing something nice for fans for once Hollywood.
Wow, a duplicate post, only slightly below the original, and both the original and the dupe are by ACs, I don't know what to make of it. Here's the original
I'm starting to notice a trend. I work in advertising/marketing (yeah yeah, don't kill me, we're not all evil and incompetent). Advertising used to be handled by the companies directly. Then they realized it was cheaper to hire an agency who did nothing BUT advertising, and thus provided better skills for less money.
This sounds like where IT is heading. And keep in mind that companies still have marketing departments that interact with the agencies to make sure things work right.
Why not embrace this model and start up your own outsourcing firm? It's obviously profitable, and with the growing number of extremely skilled IT workers out there that are unemployed, I'm sure you won't have a problem finding talent.
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Based on your posts, and since I am too lazy to google it, would you possibly be able to post on here the one about hell freezing over?
You know, I laughed, and then realized that those commercials I'd seen for the "Internet Treasure Chest" and other crap like that is the exact same thing. They're not spamming people, they're making commercials that sell kits that teach you how to spam people. And if they can afford a tv spot (even at the slot they usually have) it has to be doing them some good.
Well, hopefully it will lead someone to post some good ones of Natalie Portman covered in hot grits. That's one picture that would be modded +5 informative so fast Slashdot would Slashdot itself.
We have been fortunate enough to be able to live through the "Pilgrim" days of the net, as well as the "Wild West" which we are just starting to come out of. We've experienced many exciting things, and it doesn't look to be slowing down any time soon.
In 5 or 10 years from now, we may all be under the draconian rule of M$, the RIAA, the MPAA, or whatever organizations might strip our net freedoms, but they can never take away our memories of what it was like in the golden days.
I hope it doesn't come to that, but if it does, I will be sure to tell my future children and grand children of the glorious days of yore when you had to be a real computer geek to even access a BBS, or when almost any song or movie or software program could be found online for free if you knew where to look.
Take a step back and absorb all you can about the great things we take for granted on the net right now, for you may log on one day to find out they've disappeared over night, like a broken link.
I think they're just trying to generate hype. You see, your hopes are high for the struggling probe (a cliched storytelling device), and in the last sentence of your post, you prove that their approach achieved its desired results.
I'm sure I'm not the only one on here who had to explain to the people I was seeing RoTK with what the "three rules safe" thing meant. I always love little geek things like that, makes me feel like I'm special cuz only a handful of people in the theater would get it. Same thing with the butterfly movie trailer thing. I forget the name, but I caught the reference to the old "if a butterfly flaps its wings on one side of the world...."
While I admit I am not familiar with the story of I Robot, and that i have not RTFA, from what I've read, the story is about a domestic assistant. Now, while I am all for equality, do you really think it would be the best thing in the world to show this "domestic assistant" as being black, what with America's history of slavery and all?
Ah, this is a common problem. Renaming the NWN executable to 3Dmark.exe should fix things right up.
Because we all know dwarves are great at archery.
P.S.
I think you meant Legolas, Gimli is the dwarf.
Face it, BF1942 is a good game. There is an EXTENSIVE modding community out there which have done some really polished (DC?) and really creative (Pirates?) mods for it. It is an incredibly popular game despite this lack of tv spots. Hell, they haven't even had that many print ads, and I'm in advertising so I know what I'm talking about.
Thank you for the ever so insightful post. Could you please explain (and quote) where I said that movie trailers WEREN'T advertisements? In fact, in my parent post I said that I never doubted what they were. I was merely glad they are doing it free of charge as opposed to some other studios which have thrown them on a special edition DVD and charged you for the pleasure of viewing them.
This is only assuming there are enough shares out there to short sell. When this topic came up last time, I recall someone posting how their broker told them there were no outstanding shares available to short sell.
This is a very valid point, but realize that this kind of stuff would normally end up as Extras on the upcoming DVD. I never doubted that this is advertising and a blatant attempt to build up some hype, but I credit them with the fact that they are giving it away for free as opposed to having the balls to try to charge for it like everybody else has been doing.
............crap....why did my download just die?
Oh god, I sense a new cliched Slashdot joke about to be born. Beowulf cluster overlords profiting in Soviet Russia, step aside!
Thank you for actually doing something nice for fans for once Hollywood.
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This sounds like where IT is heading. And keep in mind that companies still have marketing departments that interact with the agencies to make sure things work right.
Why not embrace this model and start up your own outsourcing firm? It's obviously profitable, and with the growing number of extremely skilled IT workers out there that are unemployed, I'm sure you won't have a problem finding talent.
I believe you can find the list of RIAA affiliated labels on their webpage here.